World Renowned Faculties
Lalit Kumar, Partner, J. Sagar Associates I advocates & solicitors
Lalit has in the past seventeen years acted for various companies and institutions in a wide variety of corporate commercial transactions, such as corporate restructuring, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions (both inbound & outbound); including advise on structuring of investments vehicles / options, acquisitions & divestments - of shares, assets and businesses (private, public and listed entities).
Lalit has advised clients on diverse issues, amongst others, on company law, SEBI and FEMA regulations and other related corporate laws.
Lalit also specializes in private equity transactions and has acted both for the private equity investor and the target investee company and rendering legal advice on private equity deals, He has also advised underwriters and companies in a wide variety of capital markets & securities law related matters such as IPOs, QIPs, FCCBs, open offers, delisting of shares; issue of employees stock options and drafting of code for conduct under insider trading regulations.
Lalit regularly writes articles for prestigious business and legal publications, including for some of the leading financial dailies. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars and sessions organized by eminent institutions and federations and professional bodies and law colleges.
M P S Rao, Senior Counsel, Bombay High Court
M.R. Prasanna, Former Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Group
Mr. M.R. Prasanna (Pras), a native of Mysore, holds a master’s degree and is a gold medallist.
After being an independent Counsel for about 7 years he worked for over 28 years with different organizations like Alfa Laval, Brooke Bond India Limited (now part of Hindustan Unilever) and Larsen & Toubro Limited. For about 12 years, Mr. Prasanna was the General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group, spearheading mergers and acquisitions. Since May 2010, Mr. Prasanna has relocated to Bangalore as an Independent Consultant. Mr. Prasanna has been a Director on the Boards of many of the Aditya Birla Group Companies, both in India and abroad.
Madhavi P, Director (Valuation & Strategy), PwC
Madhavi is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of post qualification experience in financial advisory and assurance services.Madhavi has been associated with PwC for over 9 years. She specialises in Value Analysis, review of financial forecasts and other related financial advisory services. She is a PwC trainer for financial advisory services including the Deal Cycle course, covering the deal continuum from indicative bid pricing to due diligence to deal financing.
She passed the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) examination in 2001 and the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination, as one of the Top 10 rank holders from the State of Colorado, in 2002.
Madhu Sudan Kankani, Partner - Accounting Advisory Services, KPMG in India
Madhu is a Partner with the Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) practice and heads the AAS practice for South India for the firm. Madhu joined the firm in 1999 and has more than 15 years of experience in auditing and accounting advisory practice. Madhu is based out of Bangalore. He has been working across diverse industries including IT/ITES, financial services, Private Equity, Energy and Natural resources, manufacturing, engineering and consumer goods. He has been practicing international reporting (IFRS and US GAAP) for more than 10 years.
He has led several complex assignments including audits, IFRS conversion, US GAAP accounting advisory, Restatement technical and reporting challenges, Deal reporting and IPO Preparedness, preparation of carve out financial statements, accounting change projects etc.
He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Mahadevan Narayanamoni, Partner - Corporate Finance, Grant Thornton
Mahad is working in the capacity of Partner with Grant Thornton and is based out of Hyderabad. He has more than 16 years of experience in the field of Corporate Finance. He has also worked with PWC in past. He specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Valuations, Private Equity, AIM Listing, Healthcare, Medical devices, Life Sciences, Business Improvement.
He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow) and has done his B.Tech, in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
Mahek Vikamsey, Director, Chartered Accountants, BSR And Associates
Mahek is Chartered Accountant by profession with total post-qualification experience of more than 14 years is currently working with BSR and Associates, Chartered Accountants (“BSR”) since 1 June 2013. Mahek is responsible for building Regulatory Valuations like Swap Ratio and Exchange Controlled related Valuations in BSR. Mahek has also worked with KPMG from valuation team from 30 April 2007 to 31 May 2013 and has more than 10 years of experience in conducting valuations.
In past he has worked with Deloitte’s valuation team for a year and with Pravin P. Shah & Associates in the M&A Tax for less than 5 years.
Mahip Gupta, Tax Partner, Dhruva Advisors
Mahip is a Tax Partner with Dhruva Advisors, a Tier 1 Tax Firm. Previously, he was in similar lead role with PwC Singapore. He has over 2 decades experience advising clients from various Industries on a wide range of international and local tax & business issues. His experience includes dealing with international and local tax planning, funds set up, business structuring, negotiating tax incentives, due diligence, tax controls, tax compliance and transfer pricing.
Mahip also brings valuable in-house tax experience from Standard Chartered Bank where he was Global Tax Lead of PE & other international businesses working with multi-disciplinary team to provide robust governance as well as support for various successful deals. He has also assisted business associations & government agencies in lobbying for tax law changes, drafting of tax legislations and training of revenue officers. Mahip’s current and past clients includes various MNC groups including those in IT, financial services, energy, mining, manufacturing and logistic sectors.
Mahip is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (1996), where he was placed amongst top 20 rank holders in both stages of exams. Mahip is also a Cost Accountant (1996). Most recently (2010), he also completed all 3 levels of CFA.
Manish Kumar Sharma, Partner, Rajani Singhania & Partners
Manish is a Partner with Rajani, Singhania & Partners. He has a dual qualification in law and Company Secretary. He has an experience of more than 18 years in the areas of Foreign Investments in India, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, regulatory and general corporate advisory. His scope of advice includes structuring corporate transactions in compliance with foreign exchange laws, advice on entry and exit strategies to foreign investors, acquisition of listed companies in compliance with Takeover Regulations, general corporate issues, legal due diligence, seeking approvals and registrations with various government and other bodies. He has handled transactions of varied nature in financial sector including advising clients for Project financing and fund raising. He has negotiated contracts on behalf of clients in various matters. His capital markets experience includes handling domestic public issues and rights issues, overseas listing including Global Depository Receipt (GDR), Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB) issues and Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listing, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating related agreements and documents.
Manish Saxena, Director, Grant Thornton India LLP
Manish is a Director with the Valuation Services Practice of Grant Thornton India. He has over 10 years of experience in the area of valuation, research and corporate finance. Manish has been involved in offering valuation consulting services for some of the large and reputed Indian companies in various sectors including IT, Healthcare, manufacturing, financial services etc. He has also been involved in the valuation of investment portfolios of PE firms and valuation of various complex financial instruments like convertible bonds, swaps, structured instruments etc.
Manish is an MBA (finance) and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical). He is also a CFA (CFA institute, USA) and FRM (GARP, USA).